Tap at BarHop. Deep brown pour - the nose is lovely. Soft spice and a touch of barrel vineous ness. Blackberry fruit and some light cocoa as well. A touch of spice and some lingering leathery character. Nice strong brew.

Draught at Bar Hop. Pours a dark reddish-brown with a small lasting frothy beige head. Nice fruity aroma, a bit of spice, some light hops and sweet malt. Flavour is fruity and malty along with a bitter finish. Average to medium bodied. Nice and fruity, it’s pretty good.

On tap at Bar Hop. Pours dark brown with modest light tan head. Aroma has a lot going on - it’s sort of like a black IPA but with some woodiness. Flavour has toasty toffee, coffee, cocoa, piney/citric hops and a definite oakiness. Medium plus body. A little busy but interesting.

(Draught at Bryden’s, Toronto ON, June 20th 2013) Pours a deep brown with mahogany highlights and a nice big head of tan froth, bit of lace. Aroma is an interesting mix of pine hops, slight floral note, roast, oaky vanilla, bourbon. Flavour follows the nose, there is a decent bite of hops to go with the nutty malts, bourbon barrel, slight burnt toffee sweetness, quite well-balanced so it never gets too sweet or dry. Finish is moderate hop bitterness set off with the malt body, bit of alcohol heat creeps through. A little over-carbonated for the style, fairly heavy but not too creamy of body. Interesting blend, barrel is not as forward as I expected.

I don’t even know what the this is - all I can taste really is an excess of barrel. That being said it’s better than the 2012 edition - at least this random mixture kind of works but we’ll see in a year. Aroma of malt. Pours dark red with some lacing and a bit of head. Average carbonation. Not great, seems like a waste of good barrels. On tap at Barhop.

On tap at Emmet Ray’s. Mild bourbon and oaky aroma. A nice coca cola spice, and bourbon without too corny. Hoppy finish. Light brown coloured, no head. The hops comes through on this one. Nicely malted and very drinkable despite the alcohol. Very well crafted between six breweries.

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